That the land tax of 4s. in the pound be continued for one year from the 25th of March 1765. 2037854 19 II FEB. 7.

No less than fifty-five refolutions of the faid committee were agreed to by the houfe, for impofing much the same stamp duties upon our people in America, as are payable here in England; but as they were afterwards formed into a bill, and the bill paffed into a law, which must be in every body's hand, I have neither room nor occafion to repeat them here; therefore I fhall now only observe, that by the last it was refolved, that all the faid duties be paid into the receipt of his majefty's exchequer ; and there referved, to be, from time to time, difpofed of by parliament, towards further defraying the neceffary expences of defending, protecting, and fecuring the faid colonies and plantations.

FEB. 16.

1. That for the better fupply of our export trade to Africa, with fuch coarie printed callicoes and other goods, being the product or manufacture of the Eaft Indies, or of other places beyond the Cape of Good Hope, as are prohibited to be worn in Great Britain, the East India company be permitted to import the fame from any part of Europe not within his majefty's dominions, under proper limitations and restrictions.

2. That upon failure of the faid company's keeping the faid export trade fupplied, with a fufficient quantity of fuch callicoes and other goods, other perfons be permitted to import the fame into this kingdom, from any fuch part of Europe, under proper limitations, and reftrictions.

3. That the faid callicoes and other goods, which thall be to imported, be liable to pay the fame duties as if the fame were imported by the said company from the East Indies, or any other place beyond the Cape of Good Hope, and no other.

4. That the bounty allowed by law, to be paid on the exportation of corn, grain, malt, meal, and flour, from Great Britain to the Ille of Man, be difcontinued,

5. That a tamp duty of 10s. be charg ed upon every piece of vellum or parchment, or theet or piece of paper, on which every licence for making and felling meafures of capacity fhall be ingroffed, written, or printed.

6. That a ftamp duty of 10l. be charged upon every piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which every licence for making and felling of weights, shall be ingroffed, written, or printed. MARCH II.

That the annuities granted by two acts of parliament, the one paffed in the twenty-third year of the reign of his late majesty, and the other pafled in the fecond year of the reign of his present majesty, in refpect of certain capital stocks thereby established, amounting together to the fum of 20,240,000l. at the rate of 41. per centum, per annum, for certain terms of years and then to be reduced to 31. per centum, per annum, which annuities were by the faid acts, made payable half-yearly on the 5th day of July and the 5th day of January in every year and were, by the last-mentioned act, confondated and made one joint stock, fhall, from and after the 5th day of July next enfuing, with the confent of the proprietors thereof, be payable in the manner following, that is to fay; That one quarterly payment of the faid annuities fhall be payable on the 10th day of October next; and that the faid annuities, from and after the faid 10th day of October, fhall be payable half-yearly, on the 5th day of April and the 10th day of October in every year; and that fuch of the proprietors of the faid annuities who shall not lignify their diffent on or before the 1ft day of June next, in books to be opened at the bank of England for that purpofe, fhall be deemed and taken to, content thereto.

MARCH 12.

which the prefent rates of poftage are respectively now by law appropriated and made applicable.

MARCH 14.

1. That all perfons interested in, or intitled unto, any bill, or bills, payable in the course of the navy or victualling offices, or for tranfports, which were made out, on or before the 30th day of June 1764, who fhall, on or before the 26th day of this inftant March, carry the fame (after having the intereft computed thereupon to the 6th day of April next, and marked upon the faid bills at the navy or victualling office refpectively) to the office of the treasurer of his majesty's navy, shall have, in exchange for the fame, from fuch treasurer or his paymafter or cashier, a certificate, to the governor and company, of the bank of England, for every entire fum of one or more hundred pounds, of which fuch bill or bills, together with the intereft fo marked, fhall confift, until the feveral intire fums of one or more hundred pounds, for which fuch certificates are to be made forth, fhall amount together to one million five hundred thousand pounds, and alfo one other certificate for the fractional part of one hundred pounds, being the remainder of fuch bill or bills; and the perfons who fhall be poffeffed of fuch first-mentioned certificates, of the intire fum of one or more hundred pounds, shall, upon delivery thereof to the faid governor and company, be entitled, with refpect of the fame, to the annuities hereafter-mentioned that is to fay; for two fifth parts of the fums therein mentioned, to an annuity, after the rate of three pounds, per cent. redeemable by parliament, and transferable and paid at the bank of England: for two other fifth parts thereof, to a proportional number of tickets of the value of ten pounds, in a lottery, to confift of 60,000 tickets, every blank to be of the value of fix pounds, the blanks and prizes to be attended with the like three per cent. annuities; and for the remaining one fifth part, to a like annuity, after the rate of three pounds per cent. with liberty to convert the fame into an annuity for life, after the fame rate, with benefit of furvivorship, in manner following: that is to fay; that every perfon who fhall become poffeffed, in right of one hundred pounds capital ftock, of an annuity of three pounds in such last mentioned annuities,

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and fhall produce, on or before the 5th day of April 1766, a certificate thereof, attefted by the cafhier of the bank of England, to the auditor of the receipt of his majesty's exchequer, thall, in lieu thereof, be intitled, from the faid 5th day of April, 1766, during the life of the nominee whom he thall appoint, to a life annuity, of three pounds payable at the exchequer, out of the finking fund; and the feveral nominees, to be appointed in refpect of fuch life annuities, to be divided into claffes, the whole annuity belonging to each clafs not to be less than one thousand five hundred pounds, if life annuities to that amount fhall be fo fubfcribed; and, upon the death of every nominee, the annuity, fo fallen in, to be diftributed among the Survivors of the fame clafs and the annuities, in respect of the said first two fifth parts, shall be immediately added to, and made a part of the joint stock of annuities, reduced from 4 to 3 per cent. and consolidated, purfuant to certain acts of parliament, made in the 25th and 26th years of the reign of his late majefty; and the annuities attending the faid lottery, together with fuch of the annuities in respect of the faid one fifth part as fhall not be exchanged for annuities on lives, with the benefit of furvivorship, in manner above mentioned, fhall also be added to, and made a part of, fuch joint stock, from the 5th of April, 1766; and all the said annuities, transferrable, and paid at the bank, fhall commence, from the said 5th day of April 1765, and be payable halfyearly, on the 10th day of October and the 5th day of April in every year, out of the finking fund: But, in case the several intire fums of one or more hundred pounds, for which certificates are to be granted by the treasurer of his majesty's navy, or his pay-mafter, or cashier, in respect of fuch bills fo to be delivered in, on or before the 26th day of this inftant March, and of the intereft marked thereon, fhall not then amount in the whole to the fum of one million five hundred thoufand pounds, all perfons poffeffed of the abovementioned certificates for the fractional parts of one hundred pounds, or of navy, victualling, or transport bills, which were made out on or before the 30th day of June 1764, and do not amount, together with the intereft thereupon computed to the 6th day of April

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MARCH 28.

APRIL 4.

1. That, in cafe the monies, for which certificates have been or thall be granted, in pursuance of a refolution of this houfe, of the 14th day of March laft, by the treafurer of his majesty's navy, or his paymaster or cashier, to the governor and company of the bank of England, for and in respect of navy, victualling, and transport bills, made out on or before the 30th day of June 1764, and for and in refpect of fuch fractional parts of the faid bills, as remained above the entire fums of one or more hundred pounds, together with the fums paid and payable at the bank of England, with the certificates for fuch fractional parts, and for fuch of the faid bills, as, together with the interest computed thereupon, do not amount to one hundred pounds, fhall not, on the 5th day of this inftant April, make up the full fum of 1500,000 l. the monies which fhall be fo wanting to complete the faid fum of 1,500,0000 I. to be raised by contributions, to be received at the bank of England, in entire fums of one or more hundred pounds, to be paid to the cashier or cashiers of the faid governor and company, on or before the 28th day of this inftant April; and that the contributors, be intitled for the monies fo by them refpectively advanced, to fuch an nuities, benefits, and advantages, as are mentioned in the faid refolution, to be allowed to the proprietors of certificates, granted in exchange for fuch navy, victualling, and tranfport bills, as fhall have been delivered on or before the refpective days therein limited.

2. That the money remaining in the exchequer, which was granted in the last feffion, upon account, for defraying the charge of the pay and cloathing of the militia for one year, beginning 25th of

March 1764, be iffued and applied towards raising the fupplies granted this feffion, amounting to the fum of 80,00ol. APRIL 20.

1. That there be raised by loans or exchequer bills, to be charged upon the first aids to be granted in the next feffion; and fuch exchequer bills, if not discharg ed with intereft thereupon, on or before the 5th day of April 1766, to be exchanged and received in payment, in fuch manner as exchequer bills have ufually been exchanged and received in payment, 800,000 1.

2. That, of the monies arifen or to arife, out of fuch of the duties granted or continued, by an act of the laft feffions as were thereby reserved to be difpofed of by parliament, towards defraying the necellary expence of defending, protecting, and fecuring the British colonies and plantations in America, be applied towards making good the fupply granted for maintaining his majefty's forces and garritons in the plantations; and for provilions for the forces in North America, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and the ceded itlands for 1765, 60,000l.

3. That a duty of fix pence be laid upon every hundred weight of gum fenega, or gum arabick, imported into this kingdom, over and above all duties now payable thereupon.

4. That a duty of 30 s. be laid upon every hundred weight of gum fenega, or gum arabick, exported out of this kingdom, over and above all duties now payable thereupon.

APRIL 25.

That the monies which have been, or fhall be paid at the Bank, in purfuance of the refolutions of this house, of 14th March laft and 4th inft. be applied towards difcharging bills payable in the courfe of the navy or victualling offices, or for tranfports, which were made out, on or before the 30th of June, 1764. APRIL 30.

1. That the bounties and drawbacks, now paid upon the exportation, from this kingdom, of refined fugars, and ground fugar, be difcontinued.

2. That, upon the exportation from this kingdom of refined fugar in the loaf, compleat and whole, being net, that is to fay, of one uniform whiteness throughout, and which has gone through the operation of three clays at the least, and been

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properly and thoroughly dried in the ftove, according to the prefent practice of refining, a bounty be allowed after the rate of 14s. 6d. for every hundred weight thereof, 3. That upon the exportation from this kingdom of refined fugar called bastard, and of ground and powdered refined fugar, and of refined loaf fugar broke in pieces (the faid fugar having been twice clayed, and properly dried in the ftove) a bounty or drawback be allowed, after the rate of 6s. 4d. for every hundred weight thereof

4. That liberty be granted for a limited time, to carry rice from the province of North Carolina, directly to any other part of America, fouthward of North Carolina and Georgia, fubject to fuch duty as is now payable upon rice, carried from S. Carolina and Georgia, to any part of America, to the fouthward thereof.

5. That the duties, which fhall arife in respect of rice, fo carried from North Carolina, and the duties which shall arife in pursuance of an act made in the laft feffion of parliament, intituled, An Act for granting, for a limited time, a liberty to carry rice, &c. be paid into the receipt of his majesty's exchequer, and there referved to be from time to time, difpofed of by parliament, towards further defraying the neceffary expences of defending, protecting, and fecuring the British dominions in America.

6. That bounties be granted upon the importation of deals, planks, boards, and timber, into this kingdom, from the Britifh dominions in North America, for the term of nine years, in manner following: that is to fay, during the first three years, for every hundred, containing fix fcore of found merchantable deals, planks, and boards, not less than ten feet long, ten inches broad, and one inch and one quarter of an inch thick 20s. and fo in proportion for any greater length, and for any greater thickness, not exceeding four inches, and for every load containing forty cubic feet, of found merchantable squared timber of all kinds (the timber not to be lefs than ten inches (quare) 12s. and during the next three years, for every hundred of fuch deals, planks, and boards, 15s. and for every load of fuch timber, 8s. and during the last three years, for every hundred of fuch deals, planks, and boards, 10s. and for every load of fuch timber, 5s.

September, 1765.

7. That the additional inland duty of 15. granted by an act made in the thirtyfecond of his late majesty upon every pound weight avoirdupois of coffee, fold in Great Britain, do ceafe and determine. 8, That there be granted to his majefty, an additional inland duty of 6d. upon every pound weight avoirdupois of coffee, not being of the growth and product of the British plantations in America, which fhall be fold in Great Britain.

9. That the faid additional inland duty be appropriated to the uses, to which the faid duty of Is. per pound weight was made applicable.

10. That the allowances directed by law, to be made in respect of hard foap, which fhall be refreshed or made new, be discontinued.,

11. That in lieu thereof, the duties upon one pound, in every ten pounds weight of fuch foap, be allowed to the makers thereof.

12. That all linen cloth and diaper of Ruffia, which are not at prefent particularly rated in any act of parliament, or book of rates, be, upon the importation thereof into this kingdom, rated in manner following; that is to fay, all fuch cloth and diaper, being in breadth more than 22 and not exceeding 31 inch. at 41. and being in breadth more than 31 inches, and not exceeding 45 inches, at 61. and exceeding 45 inches in breadth, at 10l. for every 120 English ells thereof refpectively, and fo in proportion for any greater or leffer quantity and that the full amount of the feveral duties now required by law to be paid, for every 20s. of the value of the faid goods, be raised and collected according to the faid refpective rates.

13. That no drawback or bounty be allowed, upon the exportation of any goods, from this kingdom, to any of the islands of Faro.